#pop pantheons

[sarafangirlart]

It really rubs me the wrong way how Caeneus is killed in this show, in mythology he was a powerful warrior and a king with invulnerable skin and he was killed in a war against the centaurs who buried him alive bc they couldn’t stab him with swords and spears, a hell of a way to go but still a badass to the bitter end, and bro had a bit of an ego and worshiped his spear.

He even killed a centaur who misgendered him.

In the show he is an exiled Amazon who is outed by his mother and the amazons misgender him before killing him. I’m not trans but I can tell this is iffy af.

[nerdy-grimiore]

. : Guide - Making Dungeons and Dragons character servitors : .

There are many different ways to incorporate TTRPG mechanics into your practice! We all know about dice divination, but i’ll be approaching this from a pop culture spirit work/energy work perspective. Stuff here applies to Baldur’s gate 3 too!

“So, where do I begin?”

Well, do you have a bunch of unused character sheets? Turn them into a servitor!

“Wait, what’s a Servitor?”

Glad you asked! A servitor is a type of thoughtform that you, the practitioner creates for a magical purpose! People make them for protection, enhancing manifestations, or to carry out specific tasks! Like any magical creature, they need to be ‘fed’ and taken care of properly. Sometimes servitors are/become aware they are servitors and wish to leave. You should program a ‘Kill code’ if that happens!

So now that we’ve got that covered, let’s talk about how you can make your character sheets into one!

First off, race.

To me, Races and sub races aren’t key to making your servitor. Just keep in mind how the general population of the race acts in D&D lore. For example, High elves are very kind and sweet, and would be good for self-love and divination. While drow are much more sadistic and cruel, and would be good for baneful work.

Second, class.

Now this is where things get interesting. Class determines what your character will be able to accomplish! I’ll put my personal correspondences below, but feel free to come up with your own!

. : Barbarian : .

Energy work, Protection, Motivation

. : Bard : .

Creativity, Inspiration, Protection

. : Cleric : .

Divination, Spirit/Deity work, Healing

. : Druid : .

Healing, Herbalism, Elemental work

. : Fighter : .

Protection, Warding, Baneful reversal

. : Monk : .

Manifestation, Meditation, Protection

. : Paladin : .

Warding, Deity/Entity Work, Healing

. : Ranger : .

Familiar/Pet care, Baneful magic, Protection

. : Rogue : .

Baneful magic, Warding, Baneful reversal

. : Sorcerer : .

Divination, Spellwork, Manifestation

. : Warlock : .

Deity/Entity work, Baneful magic, Protection

. : Wizard : .

Spellwork, Divination, Enchantment

Now that you’ve chosen your characters race and class, you should consider drawing them and making a sigil to summon/dismiss them! This’ll help make them recognisable to you and it’ll aid you in your ritual to create them.

That’ll be all for this guide! If you have any extra questions, feel free to ask them in my ask box!

Here’s some more resources for servitor care and creation. Take care!

https://primexaos.com/what-are-servitors-and-how-to-create-your-own/

[starchasers-sunseekers]

Sirius Black has 100% figured out how to make himself faint. Just to reach peak drama

[honeybadger-has-a-grimoire]

An Introduction to Arthurian Paganism

Hey, everyone! I’m back with another practice-related post. This time, we’re talking about Arthurian Paganism.

It should be noted that I am still researching and learning about the Arthurian Canon, and Tumblr’s #Arthuriana tag has been, unironically, extremely helpful. They have massive blog posts with links to copies of books that have been published and translated, abridged or unabridged, compilations and separate short stories, etc. which are becoming quite useful to me in my research. And for that, to the people who post and follow the Arthuriana tags, I say thank you. Your work—be it memes, academic compilations of sources, or artwork—has made this not only easier, but very fun.

With that out of the way, let’s talk about the Arthurian Pantheon, starting with what it exactly is at this point in my research and spirituality.

What is Arthurian Paganism and How did I get here?

The what and the how are where I want to start. Simply put, I think this is the easiest thing to understand before we go down the rabbit hole of me assigning correspondences, working with festivals, etc.

Plus, anyone, especially in the Western World, has some vague understanding of what the King Arthur story is about. This gives us some equal playing field for a good understanding of the jumping off point of my spiritual path with the Arthurian Pantheon.

So to begin, the Arthurian Pantheon is the characters of King Arthur Stories being honored as deities.

I stumbled across this accidentally when I was trying to worship the Lord and Lady of the Land. A lot of how envisioned these deities came across as King Arthur and Lady Morgan Le Fay—and I was quite intrigued and confused. I had done some honoring of Morgan Le Fay in the past, but not much, and yet could not shake the feeling that there was something here for me to explore.

And as a child, I was always in love with the King Arthur stories and retellings I came across.

It took me a few months to fully embrace, but, by the time Lunasdagh arrived, I began considering in earnest how to honor King Arthur and Lady Morgan within their respective mythos.

King Arthur Pendragon is a mythic King of Britain. While there’s no real historical evidence that states he was a real person, to my knowledge at time of writing, we can trace his story specifically back to Wales as a folk hero in the Mabinogion. Here Arthur is usually portrayed as a vaguely supernatural entity who helps other travelers on their quests.

One such notable one is of Arthur helping his cousin win the hand of a giantess in marriage, if I remember correctly.

His time as a Welsh folk hero is discussed, briefly, in the Mythillogical podcast’s episode on YouTube. The link can be found here.

This version of Arthur is quite different from what he will become, as he is a wanderer and has a lot more agency in these tales. King Arthur tends to lose a bit of focus and agency over the overarching story of Camelot as the Canon grows both in characters and gets codified over time.

This loss of agency or lack of focus, whichever you prefer to call it, reminds me quite a bit of the human life cycle. Arthur, as people add on to his legends starting with Geoffrey of Monmouth and his Welsh Counterparts going all the way up to the modern day, goes through the cycle of birth, childhood, young adulthood, adulthood, elder, death, and finally rebirth. He represents a very human experience—from making mistakes (sleeping with his sister Morgause and in a fit of regret and anger at what he did goes to try and drown every child born on May Day in order to not eventually die at the child’s hand) to just trying to be a genuinely good man and king (his attempts at trying to persuade his Knights and Lords to have Mercy on Queen Guinevere when she was falsely accused of murder and rightfully accused of adultery).

King Arthur is very human and that is necessary for a chief god of a pantheon that I believe in, because I could never get behind a perfect god or a supposed son of god who is meant to share a human experience to understand us better but yet simultaneously is meant to be perfect.

So King Arthur became a comfort as a chief god, even if I haven’t really worked with him yet.

I do say good morning to him every morning though, because I associate King Arthur with the sun.

I mainly got here through Lady Morgan Le Fay, though. She reached out to me about a year ago through a vision I had while working at my part time job. I saw myself following her through mists in an indigo cloak with silver embroidery. So I began to honor her the best I could—I even picked up the Mists of Avalon, and read it for a while, to get her perspective on Arthurian Canon. Then, as the stress of finding a full time job and then having two jobs all began to bubble up, I fell off.

(Which I will get back to the novel eventually. I’m going to be reading a lot of Arthurian books and romances for the foreseeable future.)

Recently, through the attempt at honoring the Lord and Lady of the Land, I found my way back to Lady Morgan. When I reach out to a goddess in divination, I ask for her. When I do my kitchen witchcraft, I do it in her name. When I think of making something for my craft, I think of making it for her.

I wanted to do this seriously and the best I can.

Doing so led to me realizing that it’s not just King Arthur and Lady Morgan who gained spiritual/magickal/etc. independent being status through the centuries of rewriting, retelling, and rediscovering the Arthurian tradition again and again. They all were alive in their own way. Entities in their own rights with their own domains and their own things to teach us, the characters of King Arthur’s stories are alive.

And I had that realization relatively recently. Just a bit before my “Sir Gawain Type of Day” post.

So that’s how I got here.

Now let’s talk about my recent experiences.

My Experiences with the Pantheon:

This section will be quite short as my experiences aren’t much in the grand scheme of things—and a few are a bit personal. The findings are rather few as of right now, but I am starting out and the Arthurian Pantheon as a whole requested that I focus on the research aspect first as a way to honor them before I do anything big like celebrate Sabbats and stuff.

Lady Morgan also reiterated this fact with me last week, and reminded me that I do need to practice patience with myself.

And I’m trying, promise.

For my experiences with the pantheon, I’ve mainly interacted with Lady Morgan. She helped me pass my excel certification exam which allowed me to get my current full time position, and I asked that of her because I thought I’d be quitting my part time job once I got a full time position. I would have more time for the craft, which I promised her that I would make. However, the current state of the economy, and the cost of living where I live specifically, required me to work both jobs in order to pay bills and save up for an apartment.

So, I never really kept up my end of the deal—despite trying to for a while.

Lady Morgan’s energy never seems to give much away about her emotions. I’ve only ever felt an ancient patience and kindness with her. Much like a dusty old library on a misty spring morning, Lady Morgan’s energy is that of learning the art of patience and being okay with waiting—leading you down the path at your own pace.

Her energy also is heavily linked to the moon, mists, and rainstorms from what I’ve found.

The moon is something that she always radiated to me. Lady Morgan guides the way through the night, providing light and guidance through moonlight and stars. The moon tends to show its phase in a very different way if I’ve just been speaking to Lady Morgan earlier that evening and the stars seem much brighter despite the light pollution.

In my limited dealings with Lady Morgan, I’ve also found that, if I did something she was particularly proud of, a morning mist greeted me the next day. I feel the most comfortable in the mists, especially in the morning, so I always appreciate that little treat.

Lord, or more accurately, King Arthur has a different energy that I am sometimes able to connect to in the mornings.

King Arthur’s energy to me is very much the sun. It’s bright and welcoming and even protective to an extent. He’s constant, strong, and reliable. I also associate him with stags, not only because of the whole White Stag search that may or may not have ruined his wedding to Queen Guinevere (depending on the version you’re reading), but also because deer are quite common where I live. Does are definitely more common than stags, yes, but the few times I see a Stag I just immediately think it’s King Arthur.

I think this association began with the Mists of Avalon. Especially when there’s a whole trial by deer that Arthur needs to go through in order to be accepted by the Tribes and it results in his son with Morgaine, Mordred.

Beyond that association, stags tend to be connected to nobility and dependability in our modern media symbolism shorthand, with the most prominent example coming to mind being Elijah Mikaelson from the Vampire Diaries extended universe. Elijah’s nicknamed the Noble Stag for being a Mikaelson the people can trust to keep his word to the letter. He usually acts as the consciousness of his brother, Klaus, and tries to put family above all else.

In my mind, King Arthur is much the same. His energy is that of a stag—a man who keeps his word, puts the people he loves before himself, and is a just king.

And, finally, I felt Sir Gawain’s energy once. I wrote a blog about it, just a small musing really. But to me Gawain’s energy is that of liminal tidings. His energy is soft and comforting as the wheel of the year turns and we shift from one season to the next. At Yuletide/Winter Solstice, he deals the blow to the Green Knight—which rings in the warmer half of the year. And at Litha/Summer Solstice, he faces the Green Knight once more to bring in the colder half of the year.

Possibly.

I think this may change as Sir Gawain is definitely a god of the seasons and their shifts, but I can’t tell if it’s Sir Gawain who rings in the different parts of the year, or if it’s King Arthur, or someone else I have yet to interact with, or no one in the pantheon at all.

But, for now, I will say it’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that ring in the colder and warmer halves of the year.

But that is the extent of my experiences with the Arthurian Pantheon thus far. I am reading up on them still, as a part of my research and way to honor them.

My Recent Findings on the Pantheon:

Through my research, as I currently read “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” as translated by Jessie Weston, I have found that King Arthur likes to hear stories of great feats from his knights and/or songs, or see a good game before he eats a feast, so that will be implemented during times I offer some food up to him. He also refuses to eat until everyone at court is sitting and served when hosting a grand feast, so if I invite people over I will try and do the same. King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table love to have feasts with dried meats and honey wine ( AKA mead ).

When I get my apartment, I will practice making honey wine for libations to the King and his Knights.

My time browsing the Arthuriana tag on Tumblr, and the abridged version of Le Morte d'Arthur read by Derek Jacobi, indicated that Sir Gawain loves apples. So when I honor Sir Gawain specifically, I’ll see if I can make apples ready for the occasion.

The abridged version of Le Morte d’Arthur previously mentioned also pointed two days that I specifically took note of: Arthur’s birthday, being around December 24th, and Arthur’s king making which was on Candlemas, February 2nd. So I will definitely be celebrating Candlemas, and King Arthur’s birthday, which falls during Yuletide.

The Mists of Avalon audiobook that I’m listening to on Spotify indicates that Lady Morgan is knowledgeable in herb lore and is gifted with the Sight. So any form of herbalism and divination could be considered devotional acts to Lady Morgan. Or working with the Fair Folk, as in that telling of Arthurian canon has Lady Morgan descended from the Fae Folk of the British Isles.

And that’s all I have at the moment research wise. I haven’t had time to sit down and finish “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” in order to move on to the next pieces of Arthuriana on the docket.

Conclusion:

As you can see, I don’t have much in the way of research or experiences yet. Really, this Introduction to the Arthurian Pantheon is just me trying to get my thoughts and early findings down on paper so I can continue forward.

I really can’t wait to learn about and from this very large and very diverse pantheon.

I’m not even sure if I’ll get to everyone—or if this counts as Celtic or Pop Culture paganism! I tag it as Celtic since these stories tend to be leaning more Celtic in nature and its birth in the British Isles.

But I hope you guys enjoyed this introduction into the pantheon and my experiences with it! I’ll make a more comprehensive and scholarly introduction when I have more time, knowledge, and experience under my belt with the pantheon if necessary. For now though, this is where I end the introduction post.

Until next time!

[knowledge-from-the-abyss]

Pantheonic vs Pop-Culture Deities

What is a Pantheonic deity?

Pantothenic deities are deities that are from a specific religion; the word pantheon means a group of important individuals. For instance, the Greek gods, titans, primordial beings, etc are all part of the Greek Pantheon. 

What is a Pop-Culture deity? 

Pop-Culture deities are any characters that come from media, such as tv shows, movies, games, books etc. A lot of anime characters are very popular pop-culture deities. Some people also refer to them as pop-culture entities, or PCDs/PCEs for short. 

Are Pop-Culture deities real deities? 

The answer to this gets a little complex and there’s a lot of debate surrounding this question. This answer is also just my own opinion based on my experiences and perception! Pop-Culture deities are, at the very core of their being, entities that have been created by humanity. Anime characters, book characters, video game characters are all examples of Pop-Culture deities. Unlike pantheonic deities, people's own beliefs in them or honoring them in various ways (yes, even people who do not believe in witchcraft) has brought them to life; fed them energy that has made them into real, sentient beings. These can be considered egregores or thoughtforms. Unlike pantheonic deities, egregores need a supply of energy they can feed on in order to continue existing. Oftentimes, they are able to gain energy from people simply enjoying the sources they are from. However, from my experience, there are times where these entities will become strong enough or popular enough that they transform into actual deities; they are no longer a simple egregore but a completely independent being that doesn’t need a supply of energy in order to exist, they can exist all on their own. I have found that a lot of Pop-Culture deities that I have encountered, even if their source is not that old, have incredibly ancient energies just like pantheonic deities, and they do not need outside energies in order to survive. Basically, they have surpassed being simple thoughtforms and egregores and have transcended into actual deities. I have asked my deities about this before, and they have told me that once the egregore gains enough energy they can essentially transform into an independent being; my team has told me that deities can also help make this happen. 

What are thoughtforms/egregores? 

As stated above, they are creations of human design; they are created from energies for specific purposes. A lot of egregores are made to be servitors or guardians for the person and their space. Not all egregores are sentient or conscious either, some people chose to make them without consciousness or sentience.

How do pantheonic deities get along with Pop-Culture deities? 

From my experience and from what I’ve heard from others who work with both, they get along pretty well. There are some PCD’s that may have a reputation of being more chaotic, and this may make other deities in a practitioner's life more cautious, but this can happen for pantheonic deities as well. 

Do I need to specify that I work with the PCD version of a pantheonic deity? 

In general, that’s up to you and your preferences. I know some communities and people can be quite judgmental about working with PCD’s. For more specific interactions, like if you are getting a tarot reading from someone, it is best to specify that you are wanting a reading from a PCD so that they are calling on the correct being. 

Does the astral get crowded with how many deities exist? 

The astral is a very vast place, and in my belief, it probably does not get crowded in general. However, when it comes to someone's personal space (the space where their team would exist around them in the astral) it might get crowded in the sense that there could be a lot of different energies mixing at one time. This is why when more generalized readings are done for you, your entire spirit team may be present to offer insight and advice.

Do PCD’s with ‘dead’ fandoms die? Can they come back to life if the fandom comes back? 

This ties into my personal beliefs about PCD’s and their separation from being an egregore vs an independent entity. All in all, it depends. If the PCD is able to break away and become more than just an egregore, then yes they would exist even if their fandom dies. To answer the second part of the question, if an entity who was an egregore’s fandom came back, then I do believe that entity would be re-created. From what I’ve been told, if the entity is being entirely re-created, they will essentially be a new egregore, rather than the one that existed before. 

How do I know if a PCD for a certain media exists yet? 

Basically, if a media exists, that PCD would exist as well, if you want them to. Again this ties into the concept that egregores can become more when given the chance. If you create an Original Character (OC) and make them into an egregore, then they do exist. If you continue to feed them energies, and allow them to experience the world around you independently of you, then they can change and transform and become something more than just an egregore. Belief is a huge factor in this as well, if you believe that they should exist, then they will! 

Do the source events equal what actually happened to them? 

This answer can be very complicated, but from my experience it's similar to how pantheonic deities are. Their source material can affect and influence them, and it is, and isn't, things that actually happened to them. This also goes into personal beliefs again, as some people do believe that what happened in the source has actually happened to the deity, while others see it more as just a story/myth. 

Do they follow the same rules as pantheonic deities in terms of reaching out, spousal, etc? 

Yes, for the most part they will follow the same rules. You can reach out to a PCD, or they might reach out to you. The same goes for spousal, sometimes they may ask, but the mortal party can also ask if there is interest there. 

Are they weaker than pantheonic deities? 

Egregores themselves are generally weaker than pantheonic deities, however again this ties into the belief that some PCD’s are more than just egregores. PCDs who are more than egregores do tend to be just as powerful as pantheonic deities. In the end though, if working with a PCD is what you’re drawn to do, regardless of if they are still an egregore or not, if they are benefitting you and your practice, then go for it. Power is a lot more complicated than ‘this deity is weaker than that deity’ when it comes to magic. 

Do they have the same likes/dislikes as in their source? 

The answer to this is generally yes; again similar to pantheonic deities and specific offerings/preferences listed in their myths that they may like/dislike, a PCD will probably have similar preferences in real life as well. However, this is also about personal experience too, and this goes for both pantheonic and pop-culture deities. If the practitioner dislikes something, the deity may either not ask for that offering, or tell them they don’t want that offering from them (to avoid making the practitioner buy something they’re not going to also enjoy). On the opposite end of that, the deity may encourage the practitioner to buy that item to encourage them to branch out (for instance, Poseidon has been slowly but surely making me like coconut, something that up until I started working with him, I hated). This can depend a lot on the practitioner's own boundaries with their deities as well. 

What if I don’t believe in PCDs? 

It's perfectly ok if you don’t believe or want to work with PCDs; however everyone's practice is valid, and me personally, I do try to respect everyone's practices even if I don’t hold the same beliefs as they do. 

Do the creators of PCD’s and their viewpoints influence the PCD? 

The answer to this question is yes, and no. Especially for PCD’s whose source isn’t finished (like an ongoing book series) this can change and influence the PCD a bit as a real being as the book character evolves in real time. However, the creators' more personal viewpoints (like their religious background for instance) will not hold that much influence on the actual being. 

What if someone I know works with a PCD that I dislike? 

Just like any other deity, you don’t need to interact with them if you dislike them; however I would say that PCDs are different than they are in their sources; they may not behave exactly the same. 

What about PCD’s that are evil? Are they really evil in real life? 

As stated above, PCDs are not like they are in their sources. For instance, I work with Blitzo from Helluva Boss, and while his general personality is the same as it is in Helluva, he himself is different. He has more understanding and knowledge of the universe as a PCD, and while in the show, he struggles a lot with issues such as communication. Working with him, he’s helped me learn how to communicate better. The same goes for ‘evil’ PCDs; while they might be evil in the show, as a PCD they will not necessarily be that way. They may become more like trickster deities, however they are not generally going to be harmful. 

As usual, I would like to thank @astralscraft for helping me with writing this. They always give me so many wonderful questions to answer, and they always help me make sure everything is as clear as it can be when I’m writing these. Thank you so much for helping! 

[popculturealtar]

normal-type pokemon pantheon

for an introduction, how i have decided to split this up is into major deities, minor deities, major spirits, and minor spirits. i will not be creating anything in-depth in terms of the actual spirits in question, as this is not a correspondence list but rather just a loose guide for constructing a pantheon. this will involve a few concepts to get you started in working with certain pokemon, but again, it is not extensive.

in my personal belief, these spirits are standalone and evolution is completely within the pokemon universe, as opposed to our universe - however, you are free to experiment as you like, and even work with multiple pokemon of an evolutionary tree. this will also be put under a cut for length.

definitions:

the "major" deities would be equated to the legendary pokemon; the ones with more inherent strength and govern over more powerful concepts that we encounter in the universe (such as governing over the sea as opposed to water). they are less involved in our personal lives, but are still worth reaching out to.

the "minor" deities would be equated to the non-legendary, but still significantly powerful pokemon within the type. they are usually fully evolved. while they do not govern over powerful concepts such as the major deities, they are still powerful enough to be considered a deity as opposed to a spirit. there is a sense of stronger importance with minor deities than major and minor spirits. they are more involved in our personal lives than major deities, but are still less involved than major and minor spirits.

the "major" spirits would be equated with non-fully evolved pokemon, usually a middle evolution. what they govern over is less powerful than the major and minor deities, but are still stronger than the minor spirits. they are more involved in our lives than the major and minor deities, but less so than minor spirits.

the "minor" spirits would be equated with base-level pokemon. what they govern over is the least powerful of all, but are the most approachable and workable spirits to involve yourself with. they are very involved in our personal lives.

major deities...

terapagos → change. regigigas → strong bonds. arceus → the divine will. meloetta → creativity. type: null / silvally → growth.

minor deities...

( pidgeot - fearow - farfetch'd - dodrio - noctowl - swellow - staraptor - chatot - unfezant - braviary - toucannon - maushold - squawkabilly) → beauty, elegance, air, dignity.

(ratticate - furret - linoone - bibarel - lopunny - watchog - cinccino - diggersby - gumshoos - greedent - obstagoon) → ferocity, unkempt, wilderness, earth, unpredictability.

(wigglytuff - blissey - lickilicky - audino - bewear - indeedee - arboliva) → healing, fairies, love.

(persian - delcatty - purugly - stoutland - zoroark - pyroar - furfrou - oinkologne) → patience, loyalty, comfort, protection.

(kangaskhan - tauros - snorlax - miltank - slaking - exploud - zangoose - sawsbuck - boufallant - oranguru - drampa - dubwool - wyrdeer - ursaluna - cyclizar - farigiraf) → power, familial love, protection, foundations, sturdiness, the home.

(ditto - castform - porygon-z) → transformation, adaptability, magic, biology.

(smeargle - spinda - kecleon - ambipom - heliolisk - komala - grafaiai - dundunsparce) → the arts, human affairs, working hard, sleep.

major spirits...

(pidgeotto - staravia - tranquill - trumbeak) → transitions, wisdom.

(jigglytuff - chansey - dolliv) → music, songs, expressing yourself.

(ursaring - vigoroth - loudred) → power, volume, violent energy.

(porygon2) → modern technology.

(linoone (galarian)) → volume.

(herdier) → pets and animal companions.

minor spirits...

(pidgey - spearow - doduo - hoothoot - taillow - swablu - starly - pidove - rufflet - fletchling - pikipek) → reliability, guidance

(rattata - sentret - zigzagoon - bidoof - buneary - patrat - minccino - bunnelby - yungoos - skwovet - tandemaus) → new beginnings, starting an adventure

(meowth - skitty - glameow - lillipup - zorua (hisuian) - litleo) → baby animals, and baby animal spirits.

(igglybuff - azurill - teddiursa - slakoth - whismur - happiny - munchlax - stufful - smoliv) → starting small, youthfulness.

(eevee - porygon) → hidden potential, growing potential.

(aipom - dunsparce - lickitung - helioptile - shroodle) → the eccentric, the odd-ones-out.

(girafarig - stantler - deerling - wooloo - lechonk) → popularity.

divider credit.

[valoflunar]

pandora and her ever growing obsession with trinkets

[alexsgrimoire]

Hyrule(an Magic) Historia: An Effort for Archival

Greetings. It's my first time posting on this blog, so it's nice to meet you all.

The purpose of this post is to detail my behind-the-scenes effort to archive as many of the lost Hyrulean Paganism/Magic blogs and posts as possible. For those unaware, in the mid-2010s, there was a "renaissance" of The Legend of Zelda Pop Culture Pagan posts and blogs. The pantheon/practice went by many names, such as Mudoran Magic, Hyrulean/Hylian Magic, Hyrulean Paganism, etc. As a result, efforts to find remaining content can be complicated, especially when perusing tags. Different phrases were used for various blogs and posts, sometimes leading to dead ends.

Thankfully, there are some leads. @lostwoodstarryskies made a list of blogs, both old and new, here. This is a good start and helps navigate search engines such as Google more efficiently. Additionally, this post by the now-defunct @/hylianshrinemaiden (more on her later) lists additional blogs.

Now, to Twili (hylianshrinemaiden). While we (the Magic Collective) weren't in the same Pop Culture Pagan circles at the same time, it's clear she was a pillar in the community. It's a shame that she and other active members deleted their blogs, as Tumblr's archival system is half-functional at best. There is some hope of recovering her blog, however. @hyrulian-legends reblogged this post from her, listing various spells and resources from her. While it's not entirely clear if this list is her complete work, it at least gives names to her work. Through this list, I've had some luck on Google, and a surviving reblog of her Minish Cap Glamour was found here. I'm not sure what else is available, as I became un-frontstuck when I was planning on searching further. (Such is the way of systems.)

I plan on delving further into what remains, and I'm very grateful to the remaining community members for their advice on where to look. Many thanks, in particular, to @knightofhylia, @knightofhylia-sageofthetriforce, @wind-sage-serin, and @lostwoodstarryskies. Additionally, those in the Community of Hyrulean Faiths Discord server provide resources.

There remain some posts in the Collective's communal Likes that we plan on sharing upon adding to our Grimoire document, so expect those somewhere down the line. In the meantime, I'll continue my search and bring updates whenever possible.

Sincerely,

Vaati the Wind Mage 🌪️

[kordeliiius]

Late birthday gift for Bara Hari

[0crooked-arcade0]

I know this is a curveball due to the fact that I'm just now mentioning the fact that I'm part of the pop culture dietes circle, but, fuck I gotta share this.

Ok, for context, I used to closely work with the Black Pharoah, Nyarlathotep.

Separated myself from his influence a while back so I'd mostly packed that baggage away for later (long story, long, weird story-)

So, the small town where I live went from a small and aging hamlet with practically no crime to an absolute mad house around a month a go. Crime has spiked and its big shit

-Missing children

-There's a mysterious arsonist and a smash and grab robber

-Increased danger after sunset, there's some...guys wandering around stalking people, I personally got chased by one and nearly died of fear-

-People leaving jobs all at the same time creating a worker shortage at essential business.

-EMS is sent to an emergency as many as FIVE TIMES A DAY, DAY AFTER DAY BUT HAVE NO REPORT OF ANYTHING???

And more, but heres the point at this post.

I practically live at the library these days, talk to the librarian and other frequent visitors a lot. Leading us to discuss the rather upsetting news flooding town lately, ones pagan, the librarian has a friend in the local coven.

The librarian would state her friend would be almost obsessively trying to warn her about something vague but possibly dangerous shifting as of late. A lot of people have said that actually-

So guess what my reaction was when Mr. Gay Prismatic Robes crossed my path for the first time in forever-

The crawling chaos...

That tracks, but also he needs to fuck off.

Am i just going crazy or has anyone else seen him??? He's acting suspicious again-

I use this meme too much but I can't help but attach it because ot conveys exactly how I feel rn.

OH FUCK, EDIT: I forgot to mention my town is Allied with freemasons of a more spiritual variety and they are scattered to fuck RN

[knightofhylia]

this is a neat little tool if you have an eclectic pantheon, you can make pillars that represent deities and customize them!

[sarafangirlart]

Omg twinning 🥰❤️

[nerdy-grimiore]

. : Correspondences - Samwise Gamgee : .

Element: Earth

Epithets: The Gardener, The Friendly one, The Ring-bearer’s Accomplice

Imagery/Symbolism: Plants, Flowers, Woodland animals, Mushrooms, Fae symbolism, Grassland symbolism

Crystals: Emerald, Fairy stones, Moss Agate, Fuchsite, Tree Agate, Fluorite

Colours: Green, Orange

Tarot Card: Page of Pentacles, Page of Cups

Scents: Pine, Carnations, Honeysuckle, Passionflower, Strawberry, Tangerine

Numerology: 4, 6, and 3

Herbs: Peppermint, Chamomile, Lavender, Thyme, Orange, Allspice

Offerings: Flowers, Plants, Foods you’ve made for him, Herbal teas, Fruit, Crafts you’ve made for him

Devotional acts: Show kindness to your local environment, Do crafts, Learn Herbalism, Start a garden, Show kindness to your local fauna, Honour him, Frodo, and the fellowship

What to work with him on:

Herbal magic

Healing

Cultivating prosperity

Cultivating creative Inspiration

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (16-22 Feb 2025)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 raise you to be good (puckthisshift) - 45K, hockey rpf AU featuring: werewolves, accidental child acquisition, rivals2lovers

😊 Murder on the Cornish Coast (A Miss Underhay Mystery #19) (Helena Dixon, author; Karen Cass, narrator) - Kitty & Matt head to Cornwall to protect a young heiress & solve her father's murder

💖💖 +235K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

All of Your Love is Sunlight (canistakahari, NelTheWarlock) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 22K - LOVE LOVE LOVE this one! I'm a sucker for 'everyday magic' in stories. Plus the interactions between Bucky & Becca are *chef's kiss*!

I Just Want to Love You in My Own Language (agetwellcard, inediblesushi (orphan_account)) - MCU: shrinkyclinks (kind of), 22K - "Bucky Barnes is Captain America and uses terrible pickup lines. Steve Rogers is Captain America's nurse and is not impressed by the aforementioned terrible pickup lines." Love a good Bucky!Cap/smol!Steve fic. The art in this one is excellent as well.

No Fairy Tale Ever Started This Way (ElliottRook) - Stranger Things: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, 6K - short but very funny meet cute cringe at the laundromat

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

The Sam Sanders Show - Who Belongs on Black Hollywood’s Mount Rushmore?

Make Some Noise - s3, e18

Only Murders In The Building - s4, e1-10

Death In Paradise - s14, e1

D20: A Court of Fey and Flowers - "A Bloom to Remember" (s15, e1)

D20: Adventuring Party - "I Demand Satisfaction" (s10, e1)

D20: A Court of Fey and Flowers - "The Great Hart Hunt" (s15, e2)

D20: Adventuring Party - "A Diamond Doesn't Know They're a Diamond" (s10, e2)

D20: A Court of Fey and Flowers - "Duel on the Southern Lawn" (s15, e3)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Was Your Father a Meat Burglar?" (s10, e3)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Hit Parade Plus - Material Girl in an Imperial World Edition

Pop Pantheon - Imperial Phases: What Are They, Who's Had One and Do They Still Exist? (with Tom Ewing)

Welcome to Night Vale #262 - The Man Who Is Not Tall

⭐ One Song - New Order “Blue Monday”

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Atlas Obscura Presents: A Trucker on Seeing the US by Road with Women Who Travel

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Paddington In Peru

The Sporkful - Southern Cooking Icon Edna Lewis Gets Her Due

The Curious History of Your Home - Lawnmower

Pop Pantheon - NORMANI (with Keep It! Host Ira Madison III)

Pop Culture Happy Hour - We Fantasy Cast The Traitors

Shedunnit - Agatha Christie’s Taste in Crime Fiction

The Curious History of Your Home - Jewellery

Heist with Michael Caine - Ep. 1: Underneath Diamond Town

Short Wave - Party In Peru: New Critters Just Dropped

Vibe Check - Divorced Dad Energy

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy

Ologies - Erethizonology (PORCUPINES) with Tim Bean

99% Invisible - The Nazi Block

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun’s hidden “music”

Heist with Michael Caine - Ep. 2: You Gotta Have Balls

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Sam Sanders Is a Nature Girly

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Monkey And What's Making Us Happy

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Presenting Olivia Newton-John

Rock Sugar

Elle King

Rockstar [Dolly Parton] {2023}

my 'Liked Songs' playlist

[conpantheon-archive]

Name: The Archivist

Age: Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy? (Adult)

Pronouns: They/Thou/It

No DNI, this is an archive blog first and foremost.

Tags:

Witchblr/Paganblr - Tags for witch Tumblr and Pagan Tumblr. Mostly used for reach.

Deity Work/Deity Worship - Tags used on posts about deity worship, offerings, acts of worship, etc.

Conpantheon(ism)- Tag used for conpantheons of all kinds.

Pop Culture Pagan(ism)/Fictoreligon - Conpantheons and conpantheon deities that may have ficto/pop culture influences.

Fult - Many fults are dedicated to a person usually, but I have seen one or two that genuinely seem to have a deity of sorts that seems conpantheon in nature. I will not be offended if you block this tag as to not to see it.

Ellonian Pantheon/Polytheism/Paganism - Tags for a conpantheon under the name of Ellonian.

Way of the Fellowship - Tag for a conpantheon called Way of the Fellowship.

Temple of Daneh - Tag for two conpantheon deities named Daneh and his consort, Darukus.

[dragoncarrion]

Want to play hollow knight again I need to see my wife Tuk who ignores me and doesn't want me there